It is fair to say that it has been a lively summer for the Peel Heritage team touring both Black Beauty Live and Freerunning@ shows across the UK. Highlights include shooting a viral advert for Fujifilm with the Freerunning team at Holkham Hall; having the team on the BBC weather report at Croome Park to help promote the tour and the photo shoot at Castle Howard was spectacular – watch this space for next year’s plans!
Here’s what the critics have said about Black Beauty Live:
Mail on Sunday:
“A new light shines on a dark horse”
“Sugar lumps and rosettes all round”
“Tiny movements bring Haley Neil’s impressive creations to wonderfully expressive equine life”
The Stage:
“Breath taking”
“Black Beauty has re-emerged from the stables and is very much a dark horse for open air production of the summer”
“There’s no chance of anyone bolting here”
Manchester Evening News:
“You beauty….Classic tale given new lease of life in the open air”
York Press:
“Gone are the days when Shakespeare had the summer time all to himself in the great British outdoor season”
“Simeon John Wake has noble disposition….a thespian voice of Patrick Stewart”
Daventry Express:
“The family friendly plays ticks all the right boxes with drama, humour, sadness and romance”
“Using different parts of the ground was a stroke of genius”
Brentwood Gazette:
“So captivating”
“Director Jamie Osbourne has done an incredible job”
“Simeon John Wake made a fantastic Beauty”
Dorset Echo:
“The production is a visual feast with stunning and carefully created scenes”
East London Enquirer:
“A great way for children to experience the theatre”
“For a small touring theatre company, they have done a brilliant job”
Gloucestershire Gazette:
“A visual feast”
“Highly unique head costumes and meticulous choreography and stage sets enable the actors to truly inhabit their equine characters for the first time bring the story to life theatrically”
And we had an excellent response for Freerunning@ – this was the first year of the new show developed to showcase and introduce heritage sites to new audiences and young families….
BBC Breakfast:
“Spectacular” “Amazing”
Bournemouth Echo:
“Freerunners will make your jaw drop”
Daily Echo:
“A Flipping good show”
The Stage:
“Breath taking moves”
Eastern Daily Press:
“Talent to drive you up the walls”
Dereham Times:
“A must-see for all ages”
Fakenham Times:
“Holding 12 world records between them they wowed the audience with their strength, agility and grace”
